'The writers and story-tellers included in this collection relate an important, even epic tale. They tell a story which in 1988 (white Australia's bicentennial year) rarely received attention because, while it tells of courage and love, it also focuses on killing and conquest, eccentricity and madness, and a land as hostile and murderous as it could be gentle and caring...' (Source: Preface)

Rydalmere:Hodder and Stoughton,1991

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1991

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pg.3-4

Note: Includes on p3 photograph of painting of same name by the author, and explanatory diagram of painting.